Tulsa

August 29, 2014

Greg Laughlin started his 2014 tour in Tulsa, where the Golden Hurricane were playing host to the Green Wave of Tulane. He picked a good opener because the game went into double overtime with Tulsa prevailing, 38-31, before 19,032 fans. It was the American Athletic conference debut for both teams.

July 25, 2014

Tulsa makes the move from Conference USA to the American Conference. The Golden Hurricane stumbled badly in 2013 and finished with a 3-9 record. This has made 2014 a make or break season for Bill Blankenship, who shook up his staff in the offseason. Tulsa plays host to Oklahoma on Sept. 6.

September 19, 2011

Imagine telling your wife or girlfriend that you would be home late because the start of Saturday's Oklahoma State-Tulsa game, which you planned to attend, was 9:10 p.m. (Central).

Chances are you had some serious explaining to do. The game didn't end until 3:35 a.m. Sunday.

Shortly after the National Anthem, officials from the National Weather Service advised Tulsa officials that severe weather was about to descend on the Golden Hurricanes' H.A. Chapman Stadium. The teams were ordered to leave the field and fans were advised to seek shelter. All but one did.

August 03, 2011

Bill Blankenship takes over the coaching duties at Tulsa, replacing Todd Graham, who left to become coach at Pittsburgh. September will be a big month for the Golden Hurricane. The team opens at Oklahoma on Sept. 3 and plays host to Oklahoma State on Sept. 17.

September 07, 2010

It's a moot point now, but East Carolina likely saved somebody's arse by scoring on the last play in Sunday's wild 51-49 victory against Tulsa.

Justin Jones used his 6-foot-8 frame to soar above Golden Hurricane defenders and snare the winning pass in the end zone, video of which you can watch here. But as you can see from this frame grab, there were two Tulsa players wearing uniform No. 1, a no-no according Kevin Donahue of FanBlogs.

According to Rule 1, Section 4, Article 2, c: No two players of the same team shall participate in the same down wearing identical numbers (A.R. 1-4-2-II) [S23].

It's a five-yard penalty and the down would have been replayed. It's unclear, however, if officials noticed the two players wearing No. 1. Had they missed it, Conference USA officials would have been hearing about it all week.

If the officials had called a penalty, the Tulsa coaching staff would have some explaining to do, especially if East Carolina converted on the second opportunity.

July 18, 2010

The Golden Hurricane stumbled through a 5-7 season in 2009, and Todd Graham will have to guide his team through some bumpy spots to get back in the postseason. Tulsa has to make it count on the road and that won't be easy. The schedule includes trips to East Carolina, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame and Houston.

As a run up to the start of the season, the Wiz will display one poster each day until our supply is exhausted. Last year, the site displayed 69 posters.

Then we turn it over to readers, who will vote on the poster of the year. In the meantime, send your team's poster schedule to jayzuma (at) gmail.com.